Announcing the Notifications Tab

Use the new Notifications tab to stay up to date with important network updates. Learn more: http://goo.gl/Dn1VS

RESOLVED: Reporting Errors in Google Affiliate Network User Interface

The reporting errors announced earlier have been fixed, and reports should now load normally.

Reporting Errors in Google Affiliate Network User Interface

We are currently experiencing an issue that may result in errors for reporting on both the Google Affiliate Network homepage and reports under the “Reports” tab. At this time, you may receive errors indicating that reports cannot be loaded. Tracking is not affected by this issue. We will provide an update when the issue has been resolved.

Read our latest Newsletter

Read the February advertiser newsletter to learn about the latest Product updates, our new G+ Profile, Optimization tips, and more: http://goo.gl/ZrHtk

Important FTP update announcement

We are making updates to our FTP upload server at uploads.google.com. On March 1st, we will be migrating our FTP servers and their IP addresses. As part of this migration, active users of our FTP upload server may need to update their FTP settings by February 28th.

What does this change mean for you?

• If you submit feeds to uploads.google.com without adjusting your firewall settings, you can disregard this notification.
• If your network firewall rules require you to permit connections to specific IP addresses, you’ll need to update your network settings.
• If you submit your batch or automated reconciliation files via FTP and you're connecting from a network protected by a firewall, make sure the firewall rules allow you to connect to the following IP addresses:

New IP addresses for uploads.google.com:

108.170.217.160
108.170.217.161
108.170.217.162
108.170.217.163
108.170.217.164
108.170.217.165
108.170.217.166
108.170.217.167
108.170.217.168
108.170.217.169
108.170.217.170
108.170.217.171

Keep in mind, these IP addresses should only be used to configure your firewall and not to establish direct connection to the server. To connect to the FTP server, please always use the hostname uploads.google.com, as none of the specific IP addresses are guaranteed to be available at a given time.

If necessary, please make sure to implement any changes to your firewall by February 28th to avoid any interruptions.

The below list of IP addresses will be deprecated. Be sure to keep these IP addresses in your firewall settings until we’ve completed this migration on March 31st.

IP addresses to be retired:

70.32.156.101
70.32.156.102
70.32.156.103
70.32.156.104
70.32.156.105
70.32.156.105
70.32.156.106
70.32.156.107
70.32.156.108
70.32.156.109
70.32.156.110

If you have any questions, please contact us.

Thanks,
The Google Affiliate Network Team

External Image URLs

As of February 20th, Google Affiliate Network will no longer support the use of external image URLs for links.  After February 20th, all advertisers will need to upload creatives through the interface before they can associate them with links.  

Here are instructions for how you can upload a creative: http://support.google.com/affiliatenetwork/advertiser/answer/1272987

After February 20th, any images currently referenced by external URLs will be hosted by Google Affiliate Network.

Go Mobile with Google Affiliate Network: Advertiser best practices

Learn mobile optimization tips for your affiliate program in our blog: http://goo.gl/Su600